Thermal module

A thermal module comprising:

• a centrifugal blower comprising a housing and a rotor rotatably disposed in the housing;
• a heat-conducting plate for absorbing heat energy generated by an electronic component;
• a fin assembly comprising a plurality of fins, the fin assembly disposed at an air outlet of the centrifugal blower, the air outlet having a front side and a rear side, airflow adjacent to the front side having larger air pressure and flow rate than airflow adjacent to the rear side;
• and
• a heat pipe comprising a evaporator section thermally connecting with the heat-conducting plate and a condenser section thermally connecting with the fin assembly;
• wherein the fins of the fin assembly are stacked along a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the rotor, the heat pipe is flattened and forms a bend portion at a free end of the condenser section thereof, each of the fins defines a substantially rectangular-shaped receiving hole at a selected position from a center portion to an end portion of the each of the fins adjacent to the front side of the air outlet, and the bend portion is received in the receiving holes of the fins of the fin assembly.

A thermal module comprising:

• a centrifugal blower comprising an outlet from which airflow generated by the blower leaves of the blower;
• a fin assembly comprising a plurality of fins stacked one above another, the fin assembly disposed at the air outlet of the centrifugal blower;
• and
• a heat pipe comprising an evaporator section adapted for receiving heat from a heat-generating electronic component and a condenser section thermally connecting with and extending alone one of the fins of the fin assembly to thereby dissipate the heat to the fin assembly;
• wherein the condenser section has a free end portion thereof being bent and inserted through at least some of the fins.